Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-10
SUBURBAN ROADs.
A Conference Of Property owners and
tho Commissioners.

Az the invitation OF the District Commissioner
shumoer OF gentlemen representing property In
tefests IN the suburbs met at the Commissioner
once az Two o'clock this afternoon, for the purpose
Oh consultation, with the view OF uniting In com
laon eiioFe 70 obtain from Congress appropriations
hoooeo ioF improvements In the suburbs.
among the gentlemen present were DR.. W. w.
aouulhe. george TruesdclI f. Il. smith, A. p. Far.
oon' ,. =. suit, b. A. Griswold, Edward Temple
Gen Ellis Spear, Chas B. Calvert, II. I. Crawford,
M VII hives and j. B. Deakins. Commissioners
A1 rns = , ano Wheatley met the gentlemen.
,orv ,ait, explained at length the unsattsfac
Ing suburban expenditures, as it had passed the
hUase, ana suggested preliminary organization
operating with me present with me vew 9, co
st. T1 t De agreeable to ALL Mr. Grswold sug
gSsCea Inc policy OF dividing the money obtained
on each road 80 Tar as the appropriation would
Messrs Fardon, Suit ana Truesdcli favored ask.
tuIe Oh IL 70 the discretion of the Commissioners,
not .s;ompIcating the matter BY bringing in q
question ma as to the localities to be beneftted.
m zen. spear suggested. as resident OF Mount
risasant. that in the expenditure OF the money
sOe Iegafd should be had to the taxes that are
a wo InaS have been paid In certain localities
lucy MOuld IKE specific appropriations for streets
ana sewers at Mt. Pleasant, but they would not
ns In, a ry6,e In order to obtain that.
C0I AuuloW thought the matter OF distribution
could be dealt with more SATISFACTORILY IN a CON
sultation between the Commissioners and the citi.
zens, Than by Congress-
A STATEMENT BY COL LUDLOW.
COL LUDLOW has made statement in relation to
Ine neeo OF expenditures in the suburban region
Immediately contiguous with the city. These ex-
penditures. he says are naturally classed under
Inese neaos: First, the repair and maintenance OF
eAIStdng INES or communication whether streets,
;, or r9adS Second the extension OF exist
NY roaus anu streets and the opening OF new ones
that are needful. Third, the construction OF
necessary sewerage for the proper and healthful
drainage of the several nuclei Of population. In
their estimates submitted to CONGRESS- the Com
mlsloners asked for these several purposes $50 OOO
lor repair and maintenance 800 900 for the extern
sewerage, all OF Which, In the Judgment Of the
commissioners, are moderate estimates or the
amounts required for the several purposes, the
what has heresofore not been attempted at ali.
The appropriation bill as adopted by the House
ana mo" pending in the Senate. appropriates fol
curIent WORK on county roads and suburban
streets $4,000, andnOthng either for openings and
extensions t;se sSl,o or for suburban sewerage and
t tne i, nr appropriation has appended
$4,000, the Te1leytown, 9TH Street and Bladens.
Durg roads with new road that might be opened
over the Eastern branch, should be completed 70
Inc district line The striking out OF the items
Ior openings and extensions and for suburban
sewerage, COL Ludlow says, seems to have been
zone In consequence OF an impression that expen.
utureS Tor these purposes should not be made in
suburban dSCr1ctS until the urban area, as defined
Oy BOUNDARY street, Rock creek and the river,
should Irst have been completed an impression
which, should 1t be confirmed by congressional
act. would, Col Ludlow thinks, be fatal to the
suburban interests and react unfavOrably upon
the city itself to the serious detrment Of the gen.
eral interests OF the District. The Commissioners
are lnulspOsed to accept the preliminary conclu-
sion upon these matters. which they regard as un.
fortunate. The localities chiefly concerned, in
COL Ludlow's view, are along the Ienleytown,
bladenSDurg and Benning's roads, in AnacOstia,
LIE DrOlt park and Mount Pleasant. and other nrOD.
erty interests between Bladensburg road and Rock
creek.